Archivist’s note:
The overview below was posted in December 2009:
The story and thread below are about the activities of the 2006 NCC Mandate Review Panel and the Coalition for NCC Renewal that was formed to respond to it; and to later related developments up to October 2007.
Much has changed for the better since then, under the leadership of CEO Marie Lemay, including open Board meetings, and other events such as the Greenbelt Visioning workshop, all webcast.
In June 2009, the Government introduced legislation that dealt with some of the issues discussed in the Panel report. (This became Bill C-37, which did not make it out of a House Committee before prorogation in December 2009.) The proposals included a determination of the boundaries of Gatineau Park and more freedom to engage in land transactions. Not included was a key Panel recommendation that NO further land sales should take place, unless to another level of government and then with covenants for environmental protection; however, it did make provisions for regulations regarding adding or removing land from the National Interest Land Mass (NILM). Please refer to a newswire story for full details.